Democratic party laws require that the board positions at all party levels should be decided by regular internal party elections held at party conventions or congresses. This refers to the local, district or country as well as national party conventions. If possible, at the local organisational level, all party members should participate in the election of the local leaders. At other party levels, there may be a system of electing the representatives. The party conventions are formally the supreme decision- making bodies of each level of party organisation. The board members elect from among themselves an Executive Board, the Bureau, which is- on the regional or provincial and national level-the major power centre of the party organisation. Similarly, the candidates for political appointments